Disney has apparently ruled out online distribution of its upcoming Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep on “copyright grounds,” a decision which certainly comes as a blow to Sony’s ill-received PSP Go…
A visitor to a recent PlayStation promotional event claims to have been told there would be no PSN download distribution:
“I asked an official and was told there would be no download version.
The reason was said to be because Disney is strict towards net distribution on copyright grounds.”
So much for the PSP Go…
Just why Disney would object to legal online distribution of its games on copyright grounds is not clear.
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Didn't see that one coming, but at the same time I'm not surprised...
Well maybe they thought that promotes piracy. There's no way to get reliable data on whether this is so, though.
psp go sucks
The irony here is that the UMD versions will be ripped and distributed as ISOs for CFW users. Where as the PSP go can't even be hacked yet. Stupidity on Disney's part.
No... It's already been hacked. Google it kid. :D
The exploit for the pspgo firmware 6.10 was released a couple days ago by freeplay.
freeplay's exploit was a Proof of concept... nothing actually useful, and it's already been patched in OFW 6.2o
You don't need a PSP Go to play downloadable games. In any case there is no such thing as a pirate-proof game, whether it's on a UMD or digital content it will be cracked.
I don't give two shits about Kingdom Hearts but this is nothing more than a dick move on Disney's part. This will not stop the game from being pirated and they know it.
Anyone who buys the PSP GO! should be shot anyways... At least those with their old PSPs can still get some non-PSN action.
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Thanks -Coolham23- its cool to have a signature for posting comments on a blog, incase people can't read your user name, Coolham23. Weaboo fag.
you told him
Oh well, i've been using the "- Coolham23-" for as long as I can remember...
- Coolham23 -
Don't feed the trolls... :3 The more you write the more they will feel like harassing you for this.
Troll or not he has a point. It's kind of stupid writing your user name at the end when it's written above with big orange letters.
"Bawwwwww some guy made fun of me for being retarded on the internet ;_;"
It really sucks that this commenting system is designed toward you fuckwits.
The Trolls are right. It really is kind of stupid.
-Chen-
I agree with -Chen-
-Anonymous-
Balls.
Wow. A bit harsh on other peoples (hardware) decisions aren't you? The GO was a good idea, just ill implemented and priced too high.
I guess, but the fact that they removed the UMD drive made everything chaotic when it came to getting your previous games. It probably would have done better if it had a UMD drive and you weren't forced to use the PSN.
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good idea? i dunno. IMHO not without a UMD interface. otherwise it would have been a cool machine and no doubt open to all kinds of l337 haxx0rz (sic).
No intelligent person should buy a PSP Go with a cheaper 3000 out there, and the ability to get custom firmware to play whatever games you want.
If you already have a PSP 1000-3000, you should save your money for the PSP2, which will probably cost a lot($399 at least).
If sony priced the PSP2 higher than the current PS3 that'd just be epic fail on their part. =/
I doubt anyone would buy it unless it was REALLY over the top in terms of features. It would really have to be something else though. =/
oba-san, i think you drop something...
They can enjoy lower sales, their product their decision.
Big industries and their retrograde business models.
Well that's a bummer to all PSP Go users. The game looks awesome!
What Go users?
Imaginary ones. It's all about imaginary people anyway. Imaginary Go users, who don't get some game,
Imaginary children, who need our protection
Imaginary terrorists, whom we need to fight
Imaginary friends, and so on
You forgot this:
Imaginary pirates.
Whoah I'm seeing one... Must be Disney land!!
I'm Captain Jack Sparrow!
Lolz
Hopefully this will be corrected. It'd be a huge blow to Sony (and myself, who likes having digital over UMD) to have that game restricted from digital distribution.
Screw the go
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Thank god. Kill the PSP Go so Sony will understand that it fucked up. Thanks.
Its ironic that they do this now that Sony is launching a digital comics store for PSP. Their major backer is MARVEL which is owned by Disney now.
You dont suppose Disney will reneged on that too?
hahaha ohh too bad for PSP Go, Go to cry with your dad (Koller) xD
btw i own a psp slim =D
Cool.
Since it's in related news, what the hell happened to: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/04/14/linda-offers-english-ero-doujinshi-downloads/ . Man, i really would like to buy them, but they seem to be gone from j-list. Guess the only option is "stealing" now :(
why would you want to downlown this shitty game anyway, you can't sell it back to the store
That female heroine in white clothes seemed amazing :V
well Disney fucked up in many aspects, like using the Cuban children to power Disney land in Florida.
Well damn, if that's a universal policy of theirs, it sounds like we've seen the last of stuff like Ducktales and the Magical Quest series which (would've) aged pretty well, too. Fuck you too, Disney!
never played a kingdom hearts, if you can have a threesome wih goofy and donald I might pick this up
Unforgettably you retarded misfit, you cant
this will upset the 10 people who bought a PSP Go
everyone else will just buy the UMD
... if they even want this game that is
(on a side note: at least this KH game has a female main character that DOES something, and isn't there to just get kidnapped...)
I love the idea for a internal harddrive in the Go (seeing how modding one into the PSP fat was too hard and worthless) but the system itself=fail.
I will be downloading this once it comes out for CFW.
Can anyone tell me what the release date is?
This might promote more piracy in this case.
WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE FINAL FANTASY CHARACTERS?
Its how in the newest games now, theres hardly any Disney and FF characters asides from Goofy and Donald....most the characters lately have been KH originals like Org13...
I keep hearing this Hammering sound and Nintendo Cheering but I don't quite understand why. Oh maybe because Sony handhelds got another nail in their coffin.
Boy, the character designs just keep getting worse, don't they?
If they would just announce that this game is coming to some real console instead of any of these paperweights then it would be great.
Game itself sure looks like it's worth to buy.
Maybe they don't understand the concept of legal online distribution. Someone should explain it to them again.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to the game. I saw some soon to be organization xiii members. When does this game take place anyway? I know it's before the first one but how long ago?
Wow it has a big breasted female with bareback.
does anyone even actually like the disney character?
i hate pretty almost all of them
Haha, this post got linked to Joystiq! Lol at the NSFW.
Guys this is JUST a rumor, it's not true yet. I don't believe why the f Disney don't want to support digital downloads?
And Sony will do something about it for sure, it's not only PSP go owners, i do know some of my friends had a PSP 3000 and just want to download games off the PSN Store.
i didn't saw that coming lol
Ah...Disney dont care bout KH anyways. A themed ride/world being long overdue is proof enough for me.
Since its in related news, anyone knows what happened to http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/04/14/linda-offers-english-ero-doujinshi-downloads/ ?? I can't find it on J-List now that i saw it, too late i guess :-(
Look further down their page.
You may prefer to post such queries on the forums in future, as you are unlikely to get a response in a random comment.
Sankaku Complex, posting unconfirmed rumours as fact since 'whenever-this-site-went-up.
Notice words like "apparently" and "claims"? Nowhere did we claim it to be a confirmed fact, and we will post speculative rumours (identified as such) as long as there is demand for them.
wow at the end of this, i thought i saw Unlimited Blade Works from the trailer.
Disneh
'cause we all know piracy only happens when digital versions of games are released...?
i wanrt so much...
I'm calling bull shit.
Disney just lend their licenses to let SE make the game, not sure why they would have any say about how the game is distributed. Would be more credible coming from SE themselves.
The distribution of all things Disney runs under Buena Vista Distribution, including this game.